"Actor: Hidetaka Yoshioka"

• The Hidden Blade | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £20.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (5.27%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A low-ranking Samurai finds himself caught up in the nostalgic end to the feudal epoch of Japan.

• Rhapsody In August | DVD | (14/04/2000) from £15.93   |  Saving you £0.06 (0.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Japanese grand master Akira Kurosawa's eloquent examination of the nuclear holocaust in Nagasaki as seen though the eyes of a survivor and her four grandchildren 44 years after the event. The grandmother recalls the history of her family and Japanese society. As she searches for an understanding of the past she falls into despair over the loss of her husband in the blast as its anniversary draws near.

• The Sea Is Watching | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £7.79   |  Saving you £12.20 (156.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Period drama based on a script from legendary director Akira Kurosawa which focuses on the lives of a group of geisha women gathered together in a poor city district. A beautiful young geisha O-Shin (Nagiko Tohno) who harbors a samurai (Hidetaka Yoshioka) seeking refuge. Falling in love with O-Shin the samurai hopes to cleanse her of the sins of her profession. But fate and fortune conspire to keep the lovers apart and when another young man (Masatoshi Nagase) appears a thund

• Madadayo | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £8.79   |  Saving you £11.20 (127.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The main story of the film is based on the life of a Japanese academic and author Hyakken Uchida (1889-1971). The film opens with him resigning as a professor of German in the period immediately before the Second World War. The plot of the film is centered around his relationship with his former students who care for him in his old age. The title 'Not Yet' in English is an allusion to an ancient Japanese legend mentioned in one scene of the film of an old man who refuses to die. This story is constantly referred to in the movie as every year on the professor's birthday his students throw him a party in which they all ask him ""Mada kai?"" (""Are you ready?""). He responds by drinking a large ceremonial glass of beer and shouting ""Mada dayo!"" (""Not yet!"") implying that death may be near but life still goes on!

• The Place Promised In Our Early Days | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In school they were best friends. And they shared two passions: the plane they built together christened Bela Cielo and a girl Sayuri. Oblivious to the tense international environment the three form an indelible bond and it seems nothing can ever come between them and their dream. The boys believe that someday they will reach the distant tower - and touch Sayuri's heart - however far away it may be. But time passes. War escalates. Alliances are changed. Friends become enemies. And Sayuri falls into a dreamlike state that seems inexplicably linked to the mysterious tower of their youth. At the brink of a World War Sayuri seems to be the key to a new world peace... or a frightening and bitter end to life as we know it. Come to the place critics the world-over have hailed as a work of new animation genius. A mystical lush and moving masterpiece about the passion of friendship the pain of war and the power of a promise that will touch move and inspire you

• The Hidden Blade | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Japanese period samurai drama. Munezo Katagiri (Masatoshi Nagase) is a samurai in 19th century Japan who finds himself torn between the love he feels for a lowly farm girl and his fidelity to a dying tradition. Unable to marry the girl because of their differing social status Munezo's conflict over his position is comes to a head when he is ordered to kill a traitor - who turns out to be his oldest friend.